1970Yog
- Monster From Space aka The Space
AmoebaAfter
being sabotaged by aliens a space probe crashes on a remote Pacific island
and contaminating the surrounding waters with a plague virus. Normal sized
sea creatures are turned into giant monsters whose sole aims in life are
to fight each other and do as much damage to the island as possible. The
main culprits are Gezora, a squid; Gamine, a crab and Kameba, a turtle.

1970Gamera vs Jiger
aka Gamera Tai Daimaju JaigaAn ancient statue is taken to Japan for Expo 70. A
giant creature is disturbed during its removal and it follows it to Japan
where it wreaks havoc. When Gamera tries to fight it, the creature injects
Gamera with its spawn, forcing scientists to travel inside Gamera's body
to eliminate the monsters.

1971Gamera vs Zigra
aka Gamera Tai Shinkai Kaiju Jigura
An alien creature heads toward s Earth destroying a moonbase en route. Zigra
can apparently metamorphose into different shapes and has a coma-causing
stare. Zigra turns into a kind of giant swordfish to fight Gamera who turns
up to save Japan.

1971Godzilla vs The Smog Monster
aka Godzilla vs HedoraA
giant flying slug-like creature is created when life forms arriving on
a meteorite are affected by heavy pollution. Godzilla, coming ashore to
investigate the pollution, saves the day and eventually destroys the monster
with his nuclear breath.

1972
Godzilla vs Gigan aka War Of The Monsters;
Godzilla On Monster IslandGhidrah
is back on Earth and up to no good with his new pal Gigan. Godzilla teams
up with Angilas to see them off.

1973Godzilla vs Megalon
aka Gojira vs MegaroThe
surface world is under threat from the undersea civilisation of Seatopia
who send Megalon and Gigan to wipe it out. Godzilla manages to defeat
them with the help of his new tag-team partner the robot Jet Jaguar.

1974Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla
aka Godzilla vs The Cosmic MonsterA
robot Godzilla is built by aliens from the Third Planet of the Black Hole
who think they can use it to conquer Earth by defeating the real thing
who is currently up and about after giving Angilas a hiding. They reckon
without help for Godzilla from King Seesar, silly boys!

1975Terror Of Mechagodzilla
aka Monsters From An Unknown PlanetAliens
from the Third Planet of the Black Hole use a reconstructed Mechagodzilla
to help them invade Earth. Titanosaurus, a giant underwater monster controlled
by a mad scientist also gets involved and poor old Godzilla is on the
receiving end, but eventually triumphs with a little help from the puny
humans who manage to neutralise Titanosaurus long enough for Godzilla
to get the upper hand.

1980Gamera: Super Monster
aka Uchu Kaiju Gamera
Alien 'Zanons' send all the super-monsters Gamera has ever fought to try
and destroy Earth's hero monster in a final battle. The film uses a lot
of footage from previous Gamera movies.

1984Godzilla 1985 aka
Godzilla; The Return Of GodzillaThe
dinosaur with the dodgy breath is back as a more powerful revamp of the
original movie.

1989Godzilla vs Biollante
aka Gojira vs BiollanteGodzilla
is free once more from his prison in a volcano. This time he battles with
a creation resulting from a strange recombination of DNA.

1991Godzilla vs King GhidorahA
creature from the past is brought back by alien time travellers to do
battle with Godzilla. Complicated to-ing and fro-ing in time results in
the construction of MechaKing Ghidorah which 'perishes' in the sea with
Godzilla as the human operator escapes.

1992Godzilla vs Mothra
aka The Battle For EarthGodzilla,
Mothra and Battra are awoken when a meteorite hits the Earth. Mothra and
Battra resume their ancient battle while Godzilla kicks Japanese buildings
about. The Moths end up having to fight together against Godzilla in order
to protect their eggs, Battra dying as they despatch the big green one
back into the ocean. Mothra then keeps a promise to Battra by saving the
Earth from a second meteorite. It's actually a bit more complicated than
that, but you get the general idea?

1994Godzilla vs Space GodzillaGodzilla
DNA finds its way into a black hole, re-emerging as a super-monster that
attacks both Godzilla and the new UNGCC robot giant Mogera.

1995Gamera, Guardian Of The UniverseGamera
battles his legendary opponents, the Gyaos, when they leave their remote
island and ravage the Japanese mainland.

1995Godzilla vs Destroyer
aka Gojira Tai DestroyahThe
weapon used to defeat the original Godzilla, the oxygen destroyer, is
used again to create a monster to fight the latest Godzilla.

1996Gamera 2: Advent Of Legion
aka Gamera 2: Region Shurai
A meteor lands in Japan and the resulting impact unleashes hundreds of giant
insect-like creatures who head towards Tokyo. The military cannot cope so
Gamera has to come to the rescue and battle with the ever-changing space
creatures.

1996Mothra
aka Mosura
Death Ghidora is released from a tomb during forestry work and a new Mothra
has to defeat it to save Japan. New 'fairies' (Moll and Lora) in this one,
which is the first of a trilogy of new Mothra films.

1997Mothra 2 aka
Mosura 2; Battle Under The Deep SeaA creature called Go-Go is discovered by fishermen
and brought ashore. It escapes and is befriended by local children and Mothra's
fairies. It leads them off in search of secret treasure, pursued by the
fishermen under control of the evil fairy Belvera. Go-Go raises an underwater
temple to the surface and they explore it, discovering that pollution in
the water has awakened the sleeping monster Dagahra. It fights new versions
of Mothra in MothraLeo and AquaMothra before it is defeated.

1998GodzillaThe giant radiation-mutated dinosaur
comes ashore in New York which it has chosen as its ideal nesting site and
causes huge destruction in avoiding the efforts of all and sundry to destroy
him. Brand new computer-generated Godzilla from Tristar. Pretty, but lacks
personality.

1998Mothra 3
aka Mosura 3; The Arrival Of King Ghidorah
In order to save the present-day world Metal Mothra travels back in time
to slice up a younger version of King Ghidorah.

1999Gamera 3: the Awakening
Of Iris aka Gamera 3: Iris Kakusei
A young girl, whose parents were killed by Gamera in 1995 during his battle
with the Gyaos, found a monster egg at the time and has been raising it
(called 'Iris') on blood ever since in order to get revenge on Gamera. Huge
destruction follows and it includes a bit more human interest than others.

1999Godzilla 2000 aka
Gojira Ni-Sen Mireniamu
The Godzilla Prediction Network tracks a Godzilla as it starts destroying
a coastal city. A recently discovered 60 million year old underwater rock
starts to float towards the creature which destroys it with its atomic breath,
revealing a UFO inside. The UFO is damaged, but knocks out the Godzilla
with a ray blast before heading inshore for repairs. Godzilla tracks it
down and the UFO mysteriously transforms itself into a gigantic monster
called Orga for the final showdown.

2000Godzilla
vs Megaguirus: G-Eradication OperationGodzilla's
old human adversaries get together again to create a plasma based ultimate
anti-Godzilla weapon - 'Dimension Tide' - but a badly-aimed shot hits a
nest of insect eggs, creating giant dragonflies called Meganura. Their queen,
Megaguiras, sees Godzilla as a rival and the usual city-stomping action
follows, with the evil scientists apparently trying to wipe out anything
that is left standing as well.

2001Gojira, Mosura, Kingu
Gidora: Daikaiju Soukougeki50 years on, Godzilla is attacking Japan
again. Isayama, an aged member of a holy cult which protected Japan in
ancient times, calls on his brotherhood to raise the three monsters King
Ghidorah, Mothra and Baragon to protect them from the lizard. A survivor
of Godzilla's last visit, now General Tachibana, has also been preparing
for a rematch should Godzilla ever raise his head again. Tachibana's daughter
Yuri follows the monster battles as a TV reporter and is uneasy about
the strong sensation of hatred which she feels emanating from the Godzilla.